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Stmpngrnd commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Introducing OpenSolo!
"@michael Burmeister  just transplant the guts into a frame of your choice.  People wrongly associate Solo with the plastic body prepackaged look and feel but what solo really consists of is the SoloLink and PH2 under the skin.  SoloLink is Solo and…"
Aug 4, 2017
Stmpngrnd commented on Sheila Harding's blog post 6 Drones You Must Know About as A Professional
"Not one mention of a platform capable of actually lifting a professional class camera....sorry bub..those are all toys"
Jun 30, 2017
Stmpngrnd commented on Chris Anderson's blog post More powerful Pixhawk 3 coming soon
"Hugues said:
@Stmpngrnd, Lol, that makes me roll on the floor laughing. This looks absolutely the worst integration idea I've ever seen!

Taking these images from your site proves my point about how this is a good integration.  Also shows you have a…"
May 1, 2017
Stmpngrnd commented on Chris Anderson's blog post More powerful Pixhawk 3 coming soon
"worst ever...LOL what does a typical DIY setup look like with a power distribution board for up to an X8 config and 3 accessory  voltage regulators?
It's not huge when you consider what it replaces with MINIMAL wiring!!!!
You guys crack me up with…"
May 1, 2017
Stmpngrnd replied to Brad Hughey's discussion The Case for Large-Scale Electric Multicopters
"Gary McCray said:
It is a market they are trying to create, not one that actually exists.


I can attest to that. Have been trying to unload 6 new U8 with props and can not give them away.  Would rather rewind them or come up with a risky test…"
Apr 30, 2017
Stmpngrnd commented on Chris Anderson's blog post More powerful Pixhawk 3 coming soon
"@hugues  How is this for plug and play? Coming soon from SpektreWorks is a carrier board with power distribution and full i/o connections. How clean of an install would this be? Pretty much bridges the gap between the cleanliness of factory…"
Apr 29, 2017
Stmpngrnd commented on Chris Anderson's blog post More powerful Pixhawk 3 coming soon
"@hugues
interesting find. However it remains very difficult for many to use such tiny 80 pins connectors. Do you imagine soldering individual pins on that, even as an experienced DIYer ? And if you have to etch your own PCB each time you need an…"
Apr 29, 2017
Stmpngrnd commented on Chris Anderson's blog post More powerful Pixhawk 3 coming soon
"What people forget about when talking form fact is that the Cube allows for any design of a carrier board and not the one that it is currently packaged with. These connectors are available from Hex in single quantities. For the accomplished DIYers…"
Apr 28, 2017
Stmpngrnd commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Free webinars on drone design simulation
"SimScale put on great workshops!  I've completed several and you learn a lot."
Apr 27, 2017
Stmpngrnd commented on Chris Anderson's blog post More powerful Pixhawk 3 coming soon
"No one is taking anybody for an idiot. It is a completely different way of tackling the problem by trying to take it at its root, i.e. MEMS temperature-dependant response. This method, as you say, has its own flaws, but what about trying it before…"
Apr 26, 2017
Stmpngrnd commented on Pepper Petersen's blog post Montana joins states with drone hysteria by promoting bad drone law
"Also do not forget to remind them they have zero authority to regulate airspace, that authority is solely the domain of the FAA by direction of Congress."
Feb 16, 2017
Stmpngrnd posted a blog post
A couple are brand new out of box and a couple have only test hovered. They were destined to be used in a heavy lift Y6 project from couple of years back and these have just been sitting in a box waiting for a purpose.  Project failed due to balance…
Feb 2, 2017
Stmpngrnd commented on jlcortex's blog post 2 hours and 5 minutes test flight with maximum takeoff weight
"A shame uninformed customers are driving development of the inferior platform for long duration and high payload applications.  I guess the more props the sexier it is and easier to get the CFO, COO ,CEO C-whatever-whatever to sign of on it so…"
Nov 20, 2016
Stmpngrnd commented on Andrew Murphy's blog post Local Motors Airbus Cargo Drone-1st Test Flight
"funny watching these clowns fumble when they could have just bought this of the inter-webs

https://www.birdseyeview.aero/products/firefly6"
Nov 6, 2016
Stmpngrnd replied to Kaan Ozgen's discussion Quadcopter with 1 hour flight time
"just for everyone who missed this on their website
https://turncircles.com/Technologies#motor-technology
http://www.launchpnt.com/portfolio/transportation/halbach-electric-...

and some interesting info regarding Halbach Array motors…"
Oct 22, 2016
Stmpngrnd replied to Kaan Ozgen's discussion Quadcopter with 1 hour flight time
"From everyone's frame of experience with currently available motor and battery tech..claims of 1 hour durations will always come across as fairy tales.  Now the fact that this company is developing Halbach Array motors ...that is an entirely…"
Oct 22, 2016
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